Love for God - Means to gain prestige?

With references from "The Plate of Gold" by James Leigh Hunt

All people have a great yearning to be respected and admired in society। This admiration is gained either by fame of erudition i.e. by academic excellence, by their monetary worth or by being a 'noble soul' in the eyes of the world. Of the three ways, the one which men choose often to achieve prestige is - to appear to be a God-fearing, pious and charitable person.

But, appearance can be deceiving। When God or religion is used just to become respectable in society, the deeds are overpowered by words. It's the fame which becomes significant and the true love of God is obliterated. This can be seen in the poem 'The Plate of Gold'. On hearing the announcement made by the priests, many people gathered at the temple.They claimed that they were great philanthropists but did not empathise with the beggars who lay near the temple. They said they loved God but failed to love his humble creations who were present before their eyes.

The man who touched the plate when it turned to lead, was a very noble soul in the eyes of the people। His whole estate had been divided among the poor. But, this act had been done with the motive of being admired by people. There was no element of the love for God or true charity in his act. Hence, Heaven rejected this claimant.

'The Plate of Gold' very aptly describes how the name of God is abused to gain prestige and fame. It tells of all the men quarrelling with each other to decide who is the best lover of God. But none of them, except the peasant, had any pity or empathy for the downtrodden। All philanthropy, love and feeling of brotherhood was forgotten while giving alms to the poor.

It was an abuse of "God, religion and charity" when the notions were used to gain something for their own selves.

Examophobia grips parents

Examophobia-the fear of exams, is supposed to give sleepless nights to all students. But, new observations have found that parents are the ones in danger of examophobia. Tension, nervousness and insomnia have become persistent problems of students' parents. It is somewhat unfathomable, isn't it? Lets try to analyse what exactly is happening to our parents.

When we analyse as to why examophobia is troubling parents, we find the cause as excessive worrying by parents. Today's competitive world has made parents wish that their kids must excel in everything they do, every time. This situation stems from the desire of parents that their wards must see success in this cut-throat world. Other than this I see no cause behind parental stress during exams. On discussing with several children in the school, I was astonished by the fact that almost every kid is stressed during exams - not because they are afraid of exams, but because their parents are stressed and nervous, so are they.

The observations that I made are very disturbing. Examophobia in parents will hamper their children's success. It is urged that parents should try to take it easy and not worry too much about examination results. Even if the exam is the Board Exam- the grand, grand examination, be relaxed for, at the end of the day, it is still an exam, - nothing more.


Note: I wrote this article while practising for eng exam. So some of it is fictional and the view is general not personal.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

This is some info i got about the last book about Harry Potter due to be released on July 21. It does not contain the end or anything such, just general info.

But, if u want to know nothing about the book before reading it, please don't read the following.

Confirmed Information

On this page you can find several points of information we know about Book 7। Each of these points have been confirmed by an official JK Rowling source।

Character Information

• We will find out something "incredibly important" about Lily Potter
• We will find out who R.A.B. is
• We will discover more about Dumbledore's past
• We will discover where Snape's loyalties lie.
• Something will be revealed about Petunia Dursley, although it will not be that she is a Squib
• Viktor Krum will return (World Book Day, 2004 interview)
• We will see a reappearance of Dolores Umbridge - "It's too much fun to torture her not to have another little bit more before I finish." (MuggleNet/Leaky Interview)
• JKR has said, "There is a character who does manage, in desperate circumstances, to do magic quite late in life, but that is very rare..."

Plot Information

• Harry will face Voldemort for the final time
• Harry will be attempting to find and destroy Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes
• Harry will return to the Dursleys' during the school vacation, but the magical protection Dumbledore arranged will expire on his 17th birthday when he comes of age
• Harry will visit Godric's Hollow
• There will be a reappearance of the two-way mirror
• We will see the wedding of Fleur and Bill Weasley
• The fact that Harry "has his mother's eyes" will prove to be an important plot point
• At least one character will die

Other

• The last word is expected to be "scar," but may change
• We will finally learn the full reason why some people become ghosts when they die and others don't
• The final chapter, which has already been written, will detail what happens to the characters that survive
• There will be no more Quidditch matches

This article has been sourced from MuggleNet. For more interesting information log on to www.mugglenet.com

Flowers

Flowers are a beauty.

Some time back, I had asked two of my classmates to fill my slam book. One of the guys wrote that he loves "music and natural beauty" and "natural beauty of nature" casts a spell over him. This is the first time I've got to see a boy who can appreciate the beauty of nature. (I am a huge fan of nature myself; have been a WWF member in the past).
Another one writes for fav. books "no time to read course books and then how can I read other books". Sort of true, isn't it?

And another one of my good friends wrote this:
What casts a spell over you? Keanu Reeves
Fav. Books: Majak hai kya, padta kaun hai!!!
It seems to me as if book lovers are soon going to be in the minority. But NO, till the time I and others keep falling for books, I think bookworms shall survive.

A little article on hindi and its popularity

With over 500 million speakers, Hindi is the second-most spoken language after Chinese.
As per a 1991 census report, Hindi was proclaimed by over 77 % of the Indian population as the "one language across the nation".

The Hindi language consists of 11 vowels and 35 consonants and is written in Devanagari script. Hindi is equipped with a rich consonant system, with about 38 distinct consonant units of sounds. However, the number of phonemes, as these units of sound are called, cannot be accurately determined, owing to the large number of dialects that exist, which employ many derivative forms of the consonant repertoire. However, the traditional core of the consonant system is directly inherited from Sanskrit with an additional seven sounds conjectured to have originated from Persian and Arabic.

Hindi, the official language of India, is based on the Khariboli dialect of the Delhi region. A more scholarly, Sankritized form of Hindi was believed to have developed primarily in Varanasi, the Hindu holy city and is believed to have been based on the Eastern Hindi dialect of that region. The term "Hindi" can thus be an ambiguous term at times.

However, despite its leading status as the second-most spoken language in the world. Hindi is not employed at concurrent levels over the Internet and in basic home computing utilities. But, emphasis in this regard has returned with an increased vigour in recent times. With the proper guidance, support and governance, Hindi may soon ascend to become a true language of the world in every respect.

हिन्दी
Spoken	भारत, नेपाल, फिजी, सूरीनाम, अमरीका, इंग्लैण्ड, आस्ट्रेलिया,
क्षेत्र	दक्षिण एशिया
कुल बोलनेवाले	४८ करोड़
स्थान	दूसरा
भाषा परिवार	हिन्दयूरोपीय हिन्द ईरानी हिन्द आर्य